Posttraumatic stress disorder : malady or myth? / Chris R. Brewin.

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2003], ©2003.

xii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Saviors and skeptics -- Posttraumatic stress disorder: discovery or invention? -- Is posttraumatic stress disorder caused by trauma? -- A crisis of identity -- The puzzle of emotional memory -- Trauma, memory, and the brain -- Myths, memory wars, and witch-hunts -- The return of repression? -- More battlegrounds: preventing and treating PTSD -- Ancient malady or modern myth?

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-262) and index.